Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:39:49 -0500 (CDT) Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Apr 9) From: Oleg Broytmann <phd@phd.russ.ru> To: Dr.Dobb's.Python-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com The PEP 245 (interface syntax) discussion continues. Read the whole PEP 245 thread, with contributions from the usual suspects: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=5b041d67ae3ac578 Clark Evans announces a preliminary implementation of PEP 246 object adaptation), and asks for feedback: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=ee0d71c4a5079d2 The <effbot> points out the cause of a common problem in C extensions: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=3f52eacbde25eaca Scott Hennesy announces PyTalk, a natural language understanding program, and another reader warns against careless installation: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=707421e0a535507 Guido joins the ActiveState Tech Advisory Board http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Communications/Releases/Press985283476.html Neal Norwitz announces PyChecker, a source checking utility: http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/ Paul Hughett announces BBLimage version 0.63, a collection of tools for processing volume images, especially medical images; it includes Pyvox, a Python extension for large multi-dimensional arrays: http://www.med.upenn.edu/bbl/publications_downloads/downloads/software.shtml Fred Drake announces significant (but not final) updates to the development documentation at: http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/ Python 2.0 ports to OS/2 using the EMX+GCC compiler and runtime: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=2d5554aaa38473d3 mxODBC bugfix release 2.0.1 arrives: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=4b9ad71224f12b5b Ben Wolfson and others outline approaches to function composition (building one function from two others): http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=7e92535f0add094f For those having problems installing MySQL, a recipe for Windows installation without tears: http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.python.*&seld=904905643&ic=1 In a long thread on names and values, Alex (the martellibot) Martelli enlightens us about object references and name binding: http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=b23316bafee7e99d#905775629 NOT STRICTLY Python, but possibly useful. Tim Roberts learns that character set matters on web forms: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=978cb032e373eee9 ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Michael Hudson continues Andrew Kuchling's marvelous tradition of summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/ http://www.amk.ca/python/dev The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect Python resources http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ The Python Software Foundation has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/psf/ Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100 Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. [http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ is hibernating. Just e-mail us ideas directly.] To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.